After three years of being paid under the table,

[Shutter22]

I'm doing it the legal way!

I'm a officially a sixteen year old sole proprietor of my photography business.

:]

[basroil]

Unless you were getting paid as an employee, I believe most states do have exceptions for that sort of thing (even as an employee there are some exceptions).

Just watch out for taxes now, just because you're under 18 doesn't mean that you're covered in your parent's forms, especially if you legalized your business.